Author

Youssef Limoud

is an artist and writer. He works and lives between Basel and Cairo and writes on art for a number of Arabic periodicals and newspapers. He has recently published his research on Egyptian art in the sixties and seventies, as well as on the artist Ramsès Younan. He recently won the Grand Prix of the 2016 Dakar Biennale.

Articles by this author

issue 8

Dreamers and Rebels

The Artists of the Mid-Twentieth Century

Fuelled by dreams of revolution and freedom, Egypt’s second and third generation of artists reflected their tumultuous reality and produced a rich creative output unparalleled to this day.